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    The Anti-Bullying Report: Lessons from Students and Principals on Belonging, Respect, and Safer Schools.

    Bullying is a persistent problem in U.S. schools, fueling distrust and debates over punishment, transfers, and prevention. Some states are trying extreme measures—ticketing parents or suspending bullies’ licenses—while Congress considers the STOP Bullying Act to fund state prevention efforts. Most districts review policies, but few have comprehensive plans, leaving gaps that students feel firsthand. Real change requires educators, policymakers, and parents to listen to students, focus on the most vulnerable, and build school cultures where safety and belonging aren’t optional.

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    Plan for Improvement

    Explore samples of research-based resources as you plan for improvement. Resources are grounded in specific questions and key themes of the YouthTruth Survey to help educators target improvements to a school’s unique findings revealed by YouthTruth reports.

  • Backpack

    Set Goals

    Explore diagrams and worksheets that will help you set data-informed goals, track your progress, and stay focused on impactful outcomes.

  • Backpack

    Close the Feedback Loop

    Close the feedback loop by sharing reflections about your school or district’s survey results.

  • Backpack

    Understand Your Reports

    Whether you use these videos to get a colleague up-to-speed or to refresh your memory for a workshop, these video tutorials will familiarize you with navigating reports and identifying features that can help you take action on your student perception data. 

Learning During the Pandemic

In response to a stark lack of firsthand data about how students were faring during the COVID-19 pandemic, YouthTruth launched the Students Weigh In project in spring 2020. This series of reports draws upon data from over 500,000 secondary students across more than 600 schools and tracks how secondary students’ perceptions of learning and well-evolved across four time periods (spring 2020, fall 2020, spring 2021, and the 2022-23 school year) relative to the student experience prior to COVID-19.

Students Weigh In Series